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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






2. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






3. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






4. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






5. When does BMR increase?






6. What are healthy sources of fats?






7. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






8. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






9. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






10. The higher the BMR a client has --






11. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






12. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






13. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






14. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






15. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






16. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






17. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






18. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






19. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






20. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






21. What is normal albumin levels?






22. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






23. What function is vitamin A?






24. What is the function of vitamin E?






25. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






26. What is normal BMI?






27. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






28. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






29. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






30. What function is vitamin D?






31. Sources of fats






32. What type of people need extra protein?






33. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






34. Name six sources of grains






35. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






36. What is the function of vitamin C?






37. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






38. Where can you get more vitamin D?






39. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






40. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






41. What is RDA of protein?






42. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






43. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






44. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






45. Fats can lead to some medical problems






46. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






47. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






48. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






49. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






50. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy